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+# Debbugs upgrade notes #
+
+## From 2.4.2 to 2.6 ##
+
+Debbugs configuration file now sets default values for all configuration file
+options, so if you're upgrading from earlier versions, you do not need to
+specify values for the new configuration files.
+
+### Templates ###
+
+Debbugs now uses Text::Template for templates, and any of the existing templates
+can be overridden by creating a new directory and setting `$gTemplateDir` to the
+new directory.
+
+## From 2.4.1 to 2.4.2 ##
+
+The file format used to store the status of a bug (package, severity, etc.)
+has changed; it is now in an RFC822-like format in order to be more
+extensible, and is written to .summary files rather than the old .status
+files. Before accepting any mail with the new version of debbugs, you must
+run the 'debbugs-upgradestatus' program over your bug spool. The old .status
+files will be left intact, and will continue to be written in sync with the
+.summary files for compatibility with external tools.
+
+There is a new standalone spam-scanning script called spamscan, which uses
+the SpamAssassin modules. To use it, set the `$gSpamScan` variable in
+`/etc/debbugs/config` to a true value and `$gSpamMailbox` to an mbox file to
+which detected spam should be appended, add /usr/lib/debbugs/spamscan to
+your crontab as per the example, and optionally set `$gSpamRulesDir` and
+`$gSpamLocalTestsOnly` as desired.
+
+## From 2.4 to 2.4.1 ##
+
+Add the following variables to the /etc/debbugs/config file:
+
+`$gHTMLSuffix = ".html";`
+
+The use of `$gCGIDomain` has been cleaned up; formerly, it needed to begin
+with "http://", which was confusingly inconsistent with all the other domain
+variables. If you worked around this in your configuration, you will need to
+recheck it.
+
+## From 2.3 to 2.4 ##
+
+Add the following variables to the /etc/debbugs/config file:
+
+```perl
+$gWebHost = "localhost"; # e.g. www.debian.org
+$gWebHostBugDir = "Bugs"; # e.g. Bugs
+# For now, don't change this one manually!
+$gWebDomain = "$gWebHost/$gWebHostBugDir";
+$gCGIDomain = "$gWebDomain/Bugs/cgi"; # e.g. cgi.debian.org
+$gPackagePages = "packages.debian.org"; # e.g. packages.debian.org
+$gSubscriptionDomain = "packages.something"; # e.g. packages.qa.debian.org
+$gMaintainerFileOverride = "$gConfigDir/Maintainers.override";
+$gUnknownMaintainerEmail = "$gMaintainerEmail";
+$gPackageSource = "$gConfigDir/indices/sources";
+```
+
+`$gWebDomain` will probably exist already; change it as shown above.
+
+`$gSubscriptionDomain` is optional.
+
+`$gMaintainerFileOverride is the name of a file used to manually override the
+Maintainers file (which is often automatically generated).
+
+`$gUnknownMaintainerEmail` is the address to mail when a bug report arrives
+for a package with no maintainer in `$gMaintainerFile` or
+`$gMaintainerFileOverride`.
+
+`$gPackageSource` is a file containing three tab-separated columns: package
+name, component (e.g. main, contrib, non-free), and the corresponding source
+package name.
+
+Add the following variable to the `/etc/debbugs/text` file:
+
+```
+############################################################################
+# Description of the tags
+############################################################################
+`$gHTMLTagDesc = "
+<dt><code>patch</code>
+ <dd>A patch or some other easy procedure for fixing the `$gBug is included in
+ the `$gBug logs. If there\'s a patch, but it doesn\'t resolve the `$gBug
+ adequately or causes some other problems, this tag should not be used.
+
+<dt><code>wontfix</code>
+ <dd>This `$gBug won\'t be fixed. Possibly because this is a choice between two
+ arbitrary ways of doing things and the maintainer and submitter prefer
+ different ways of doing things, possibly because changing the behaviour
+ will cause other, worse, problems for others, or possibly for other
+ reasons.
+
+<dt><code>moreinfo</code>
+ <dd>This `$gBug can\'t be addressed until more information is provided by the
+ submitter. The `$gBug will be closed if the submitter doesn\'t provide ore
+ information in a reasonable (few months) timeframe. This is for `$gBugs like
+ \"It doesn\'t work\". What doesn\'t work?
+
+<dt><code>unreproducible</code>
+ <dd>This `$gBug can\'t be reproduced on the maintainer\'s system. Assistance
+ from third parties is needed in diagnosing the cause of the problem.
+
+<dt><code>fixed</code>
+ <dd>This `$gBug is fixed or worked around, but there\'s still an issue that
+ needs to be resolved. (This will eventually replace the \"fixed\" severity)
+
+<dt><code>stable</code>
+ <dd>This `$gBug affects the stable distribution in particular. This is only
+ intended to be used for ease in identifying release critical `$gBugs that
+ affect the stable distribution. It\'ll be replaced eventually with
+ something a little more flexible, probably.
+";
+```
+
+The bug database is now stored in a hashed directory format (db-h). You
+will need to migrate your database to this new format. The
+`/usr/sbin/debbugs-dbhash` program is provided to help you perform this
+migration.
+
+## From 2.2 to 2.3 ##
+
+There are three new scripts that have to be installed in CGI and the front
+page (or any other search you have set up) needs to be changed to use these
+scripts. They are:
+ * bugreport.cgi
+ * common.pl
+ * pkgreport.cgi
+
+Add the following variables to the /etc/debbugs/config file:
+(the /usr/share/doc/debbugs/examples/config file can be used as a
+reference)
+
+```perl
+`$gSummaryList = "summary.list"; #debian-bugs-report@lists
+`$gSaveOldBugs = 1;
+```
+
+Make sure you do not have a double ,, as shown here if you're using the
+default severities. Also, 'fixed' was added to the default severities:
+- 'normal',"Normal `$gBugs",,
++ 'normal',"Normal `$gBugs",
++ 'fixed',"NMU Fixed $gBugs",
+
+These have been added to the /etc/debbugs/text file:
+```
++############################################################################
++# Here is a blurb to point people to ftp archive of directions. It is
++# used by the receive script when bouncing a badly formatted email
++#
++# $gTextInstructions = "$gBadEmailPrefix
++# $gBadEmailPrefix Instructions are available from ftp.debian.org in /debian
++# $gBadEmailPrefix and at all Debian mirror sites, in the files:
++# $gBadEmailPrefix doc/bug-reporting.txt
++# $gBadEmailPrefix doc/bug-log-access.txt
++# $gBadEmailPrefix doc/bug-maint-info.txt
++# $gBadEmailPrefix";
++############################################################################
++$gTextInstructions = "$gBadEmailPrefix";
++
++
+```
+
+`$gHTMLStart = "<BODY TEXT=#0F0F0F>"; #this is used by HTML generation to create the "uniform look"`
+
+The following code was added to /etc/debbugs/text if you use the new fixed
+severity
+```
+ <DT><CODE>wishlist</CODE>
+- <DD>for any feature request, and also for any $gBugs that are very difficult
+- to fix due to major design considerations.";
++ <DD>for any feature request, and also for any $gBugs that are very
++ difficult to fix due to major design considerations.";
++
++ <DT><CODE>fixed</CODE>
++ <DD>fixed in the current version in the unstable archive but the fix has
++ not been fixed by the person responsible.
+```
+ In All such entries in /etc/debbugs/text, if you replace <BODY> with
+ `$gHTMLStart`, all html pages will have the same look (as specified in
+ `$gHTMLStart`):
+
+ `$gSummaryIndex = "<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>$gProject $gBug report logs - summary index</TITLE>`
+ `$gPackageLog = "<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>$gProject $gBug report logs - index by package</TITLE>`
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